Thursday, August 13, 2015

I've looked at clouds from both sides now...

I've looked at clouds from both sides now, from up and down, and still somehow it's cloud illusions I recall. Joni Mitchell

Note from Margaret: Many of these photos I snapped were shot in the two bays where I paddle my canoe each morning and evening. We all have different horizons to look at every day, but if we look closely we will see that the sky above each horizon changes dramatically every second of every day. Many of us in our busy lives, hardly notice.

Rosy clouds were spread like flowers in the sun's pathway... the singing world of the air hung exulting in the hues of morning and the heavenly blue; sparks of clouds darted up from gold bars along the horizon; at last the flames of the sun streamed in over the earth.

A few amber clouds floated in the sky without a breath of air to move them. The horizon was of a fine golden tint, changing gradually into a pure apple-green, and from that into the deep blue of the mid-heaven.

When we look up, it widens our horizons. We see what a little speck we are in the universe, so insignificant, and we all take ourselves so seriously, but in the sky, there are no boundaries. No differences of caste or religion or race.

Melodye, what a lovely response to my photos. I also love every one of these quotes! It always amazes me, but shouldn't really, how my photos can fit in with those who have written about their own feelings when looking at clouds....

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